FARRAH WINCES BACK AT MARINETTE IN SYMPATHY. the campus supply pod has a decent amount of fabric — god, this place was basically a glorified walmart, wasn’t it ? — but farrah’s never personally been that good at sewing. “ i wouldn’t really know much about artistic block, ” she laughs a bit, “ anything i sew always ends up jagged… what kind of skirt were you making though ? sounds really hard. ”
“Jagged? Are you hand sewing or something?” she questioned “Cause that is the only way anything could end up that way” Marinette scratched the back of her head baffled but it was fine, Not everyone could be good at sewing and that was okay. “I started it out long, and slowly went shorter, and shorter, till it ended up too short. “
“ oof, ” jesper says nonchalantly. “ yeah, sounds like artist’s block to me. not that i’d know, being a history student… ” he bites his tongue before he can say something that’ll make him sad — his mother’s painting hobby has fallen more and more by the wayside as his parents grow older, and it hurts to be so far from her. “ although… don’t dressmakers normally, like… use pins before cutting the fabric ? ” he vaguely recalls seeing someone in a movie do that once.
“no you probably wouldn’t.” She paused - she started to see sadness in his eyes, tilting her head wondering if she should even ask but she held back for now. “I mean when you’re changing the design as you’re making it after you cut it - its not really possible to do that..” Marinette shrugged a bit.
❝ i wish i had ANY insight to artistic block , ❞ jane sighs , sheepish where she shrugs her shoulders in disdain . ❝ i would have glued the fabric to itself and called it a skirt AND a day . ❞ that said , she’s fond of observing fashion and expression through wearing , not so much creating . ❝ are you making these things for YOURSELF , or for work ? ❞
Marinette shook her head “Oh no glue would not have worked, or would have looked good. And had I even thought that would be good - my fourteen year old self would be screaming at me for even thinking of doing something like that.” A small giggle came from her lips. “mostly for myself, but I guess also work.”
“uh – i am not the guy to be asking about artistic blocks, i’m sorry.” he admitted, cheeks reddening slightly. “but a bunch of my science equipment breaks and needs to be replaced all the time, so i get having to buy more of stuff if that counts for anything?” the brunet added. “what kinda clothes do you make? like, preppy or punk, or?”
Shrugging a little bit. “I mean its not exactly the same, but thank you for trying, Peter.” Marinette said with a little bit of a laugh, shoving her hands into the back pockets of her jeans. “Oh um they’re totally on the prepper side i would guess if i have to put a label on it?” She paused “I wouldn’t be opposed to branching out into other things though.”
Instinct had Katniss making sure the sleeves of her father’s old jacket were all the way down. She didn’t mind people seeing the proof of her survival when she was in an area of the grounds where it was understood. Where people were less likely to stare. This was not one of those places. “You’re asking the wrong person. I’m more soldier than artist.”
Marinette noticed the other girl pull at the jacket sleeve, before looking back at her. “oh. totally.” She pushed a bit of her bangs out of her face. “I love you’re jacket though! Looks like it has some stories to tell thats for sure.” Noticing some of the wear and tear of the old jacket.
“You simply have to show me some of your work because I’m always looking for new clothes. One time I literally lived in the mall.” She grinned before actually listening to what the other had to say. “I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think, I mean don’t all artists end up hating their work?”
“You lived at a mall?!” Marinette was a little shocked over that fact, but shrugged a little bit. “Well, i can show you my design book?” She said reaching into her bag, pushing around some things around before finding her sketch book. It was very loved, the spin showing it - but also the swatches of fabric sticking out some of the pages. “I normally like everything I’m working on. I think I should just scrap it being made with georgette fabric” Marinette spoke softly looking over at the other girl.
"So I accidentally locked myself in my dorm for a solid like nine hours working on one dress - granted in that nine hours i restarted it four times. I was never happy with how the skirt was turning out.” Marinette rubbed the back of her neck “And now i need to go buy more fabric cause I ran out. This is really what it feels like to be in a artistic block isn’t it?”
{closed starter for Adrien Agreste @machiavllian }
Marinette had been working all day, sitting inside of her dorm room. It was as if she got into a zone and she didn’t get out of it and today had been one of those days. Having worked on an outfit from the time she woke up that morning until now. It wasn’t until her phone started buzzing with her mom texting her. She realized the time when she saw that her mom just wanted to say good night. and thats when it hit her. it was already five in the afternoon and she hadn’t eaten anything all day, and the dress she was making, well it was mostly done - she could take a break.
Changing out of her sweats she had throw on after she woke up. she put on a pair of white shorts, and a light pink tank top along with letting her hair not be in the normal two pig tails and opted for a messy bun on top of her head. She slipped on a pair of sandals and grabbed her purse before leaving her dorm room - leaving it with yards of fabric thrown all about her room.
She headed down to the parking lot and over to her little red bug, because she would, unlocking the door and slipping into the car. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to eat. Marinette could just go to the store and pick up some fresh food - but she also just wanted to get something quick so she could get home and finish the dress.
And Marinette decided on the later - it was just where now. Driving around for a little bit before she stopped outside of pizza planet. She did want to get back to her dress - but a few video games wouldn’t hurt as she waited for the pizza. Walking inside she saw a few other people from some of her classes, and waved at them. She ordered a small cheese pizza along with a small order of mozzarella sticks and a soda. She took the soda as she waited and walked around the arcade trying to figure out what game she wanted to play until her food was ready.
welcome to avengers campus, isn’t it nice to be back, MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG ? it’s been so long since i’ve seen you being a typical NINETEEN year old DESIGNER, the image of ANNA CATHCART against the retroreflective panels of headquarter buildings. feels like forever since i’ve seen you hanging around AVENGERS ACADEMY. i don’t blame you, though; it fits your vibes perfectly given everyone associates you with THE SMELL OF FRESH BAKED MACAROONS, SMALL DOODLES ON THE SIDES OF HER NOTEBOOK, & YARDS OF FABRIC THROWN ABOUT HER MESSY ROOM. makes sense too: considering you’re known for being + OUTGOING & + HONEST, even when you can be quite - AWKWARD & - CLUMSY, too. hey, have you seen the news reports lately …? i heard you’ve been getting visions from MIRACULOUS LADYBUG beginning to return, waking up from dreams of BEING OVER WORKED AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE MIRACULOUS AND NOT HAVING TIME FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE. must be something in the water … say, did you always have THE LADYBUG MIRACULOUS on hand ? i’ve never seen you leave home without it. — ( she/her/hers, cis female )
Basic Information
Full Name: Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Nickname(s): Mari, princess, m’lady, buggaboo
Age: Nineteen
Date of Birth: July 9th
Hometown: Paris, France
Current Location: Avengers Campus, USA
Ethnicity: Chinese & French
Nationality: French
Gender: cis female
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Orientation: heteroromantic & bisexual
Occupation: Designer.
Living Arrangements: tbd
Language(s) Spoken: English, French
Physical Appearance
Face Claim: Anna Cathcart
Hair Colour: Blue
Eye Colour: Blue
Height: 5′2
Weight: 115lbs, roughly
Tattoos: none
Piercings: just her ears, she always have black studs in, but shh when she’s ladybug - they transform into red with black dots.
Clothing Style: Marinette has a very basic style, but does make a lot of her own clothes.
Health
Physical Ailments: n/a - unless you count being short a physical ailment
Allergies: n/a
Sleeping Habits: Marinette rarely sleeps. she is a night owl and is very used to running on four hours or less of sleep. though this is not healthy at all.
Eating Habits: Marinette doesn’t really have any weird eating habits. she does eat sweets a fair bit, but thats only because she’s grown up in a bakery.
Exercise Habits: as marinette - she rarely works out, but as ladybug she is very skilled and is normally in pain after flying through the air with her yoyo.
Emotional Stability: 8/10, she would be a 10/10 if she didn’t beat herself up over when she's talking to boys and she just can’t
Sociability: marinette is a social butterfly, being friends with almost every one she makes contact with.
Body Temperature: average
Addictions: none
Drug Use: never
Alcohol Use: drinking age in France is sixteen, so she likes some wine with her dinner., i don’t think she’d do anything harder than that.
Personality
Label: Ladybug
Positive Traits: outgoing, honest
Negative Traits: awkward, clumsy
Favourites
Weather: Sunny days, when its not to hot, but not too cold
Colour: pink
Music: Pop, taylor swift is high on her list.
Movies: disney, rom-coms, chick flicks
Sport: funny
Beverage: coke, Rose wine, birthday cake vodka
Animal: ladybug
Family
Father: Tom Dupain, 40, baker
Mother: Sabine Cheng, late 30s, baker
Sibling(s): n/a
Family’s Financial Status: high-middle class
Extra
Zodiac Sign: cancer
Hogwarts House: hufflepuff
Moral Alignment: lawful good
Even More Extra
everything from cannon is canon for Marinette you can read it fully on her wiki page here
the quick tl;dr is marinette receved some magical earrings when she was fifteen after helping who she now knows as master fu cross the street. These earning are the ladybug miraculous. it grants the user the power of creation. She is able to summon a lucky charm to defeat the akumitzed people of paris from hawkmoth. her ‘ladybugs’ are also able to fix anything that had been broken in the attack. After some time, master fu did give up being the miracle box holder, and giving it to Marinette. she, along with her classmates have helped save paris a multitude of times.
EARTH 200000
everything from cannon has happened to her on this earth.
she moved to the states after graduating high school, planning on attending collage in New York city, planning on getting a degree in fashion.
